A-type star · white star

HR 4385

HR 4385 is a white star in the constellation Chamaeleon 199 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 7,685 K, about 1.3 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 9.38× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 199 years ago.

199 lybrightness mag 6.35A8IIIm...

Also catalogued as HD 98617 · HIP 55225

7,685 K
temperature
6.35
apparent magnitude
9.38× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
A8IIIm...
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
199 years
at light speed from Earth
1.33×
as hot as the Sun
9.38×
the Sun's light output
2.42
absolute magnitude
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HR 4385A-type
Sky regionChamaeleonthis direction
StarIota Cha19 ly
StarHR 450921 ly
StarNu Cha24 ly
StarAlpha Chastar
StarGamma Chastar
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Bright stars in Chamaeleon
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Chamaeleon

Star data from the HYG database v4.2 (Astronexus, CC BY-SA 4.0). Temperature and colour computed by gravityfinder from the B-V colour index; the illustration is generated from that temperature, not a photograph.